Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-29

DeautlnSS Il, G2nctn g 1t. L. IS WlLl!n
her power to make II the most attractive
place or earth 1t is the only calm haT-
Dor n tEl8 world. You know as well IS
DO that this outside world ami the bust
ness world is g long scene CT j0stle and i
contention. Tire msn who has dollar !
struggles 10 keep i; the man who has it |
not struggles to get i. Prices up; p:ices
down: losses, gains, misrepresentation, /
eou2lGgs, undertaking, buyers Gepreci- |
atln@, statesmen eX3gGe-ating, tere1ts
seeking less rent, landlords demanding
more, COLA fi5getty, struggles about
C1lice, men who sTe in tr9lng TO keep ID;
men out trying to get in; slips. tumbles,
dsfalce lens, p2nics, catastrop1es. U
woman theuk God you have { home,
aid that you may be queen u i.
Better Ee there thGn rear V!c.CTiG'5 cor
onet. Better bG there than carry the
parse CT 8 princess. Your abode may be
rumble, but you Ccu, By your faith 10
/ God, and your ckeerI0lEess Of demeanor,
gild il with splendora such as 81 upA0l-
ster's hand never yet kindled. There
are abodes in the city-hnmblc, two
stories; four plain, ulp2pered rooms;
undesirable neIghb0od; end yet there IS
mar here this morning who wCnld de
On mat Threshold rather tben surrender
il. Why? It is home. Whenever ha
/ thinks Of It, ne sees angels Ct Goo hover
! ing around It. The ladders Of heaven are
let down 80 that house. Over the chilG's
rough crIo there 6re the ct&ntings Of an
Ge!s IS those thai broke ever Bethlehem.
|. Is home These children may come up
stJer awhile, aad thGy ms win nigh posi-
ton, ald they mgy have an fluent resi-
denCe; hu. they viii not unhl their
IL .r>g. ,>F ,rl.A.
when their father rested and their
mother sang, and their sister played. o.,
If you would gstber NJ eli
TENDER MEMORIES,
al the lights and shades cf tae hear, al
bsBqGeling5 and re-uniors, I'll final, fra
terEaI, pateipal ard conjugGl 9fIectipa4,
and you had Jus. four letters with which
10 spell cut mat height aLd depth, .nd
leigh ana bl2&th OF magnitude, and
eternity q meaning, you would, with
etra~N6lg eyes, ard trembling Taica, sDd
, sgi40e6 hand, write il OUT III those fou-
living capitals, ROME
WHAT right does woman TaHt tina iq
grandeT Than to be queen Of such e REALM
: Why, the eagles 81 heaven carnC1 li2
across tlat dominion. Horses, painting
and with lathe.ed tanks, sFe not sFifg
! enough to ru2 50 the outpost OF tL4l
: calm. Taey say that the sun never seta
upon the English empire; bat have &c
Tell you that on Ibis realm Of WcmEn'G
! influence, eternity never marks any
bounds. Isabella fed from the Spanish
throne, pursued bg the natiCa's sratheH9
: but she vino is queen il 3 home VII
never lose hGr throne, snd death i.ses;
Will only be the annexation Of te1vsnly
principAlltles. S>es
When you want to get your g7sndes
} Idea CT g G2eeH, you 90 not think O
> Catherine Of Russia, or OF Anne Of e.
! gland, or Msrie Theresa OF GermsDy
" but when you want to get Your grandes
> idea CT G queen, you think Of ihs plan
: w0man who set opposite your father s
} the table, or walked with him arm-in-Sru
down LIES pathway; sometimes 10 tn;
Thanksgiving banquet, sometimes TO tn
S grave, but always togetheE-saoShiD!
. yOur petty Srlefs, correcting your child
2. isn waywardneSs, joining il Jour infen
G tile sports. listening 10 your evenin;
L prayers, t0iling for you with needle, CT {.
= the spinniDgWheel, and On cold night
y wrapping you up snug anG warm. Al,
y then al last or that day when ene lay i.
r the back room dying, and you SAW lie
d taEe these thin hands with which
II SHE TOELED FOR YOU
! so long, and pug them together in d7in
&c prayer that commended you 10 the Go,
4 whom she had taught you 10 trust-U
Il she wss the queen Tee cheriots Of Go
g came down 10 fetch her; and IS she WeD
8 IL, Sll heaven rose up. You cannot tht-
Il OF Ter now without Il rush of TENDERNESS
II that stir5 the deep f0uudstions Of you
u soul, aBd you feel as much child Ggai
ID IS when you cried on her lap; and il 70
r could bring her back again to speak jus
IT once mere your name, as tenderly as sh
3r used TO speak il, you would be willing t
throw yourself on the ground and kiss tb
o. SOD that covers her, crying: "Mother
ID mo.Eer!" An she was the quean-sh
Il Was the queen. Now, can you tel, me h5T
IS many thousand miles woman ike tbs
re would have to travel down before she 60
re TO the balloj-b0X: Compared with TIL
e. work of training kings and queens fC
te God snd eternity, nov ipsigniican
~ seems eli this WOik of voting for alder
Id men ana common CounCilmen, al
n sherifs, and constables, and mayors, 81
N presidents. To make one such gran
IN woman as | have described how MAJ
is thousands would you want OF those pee
n pie who go in the round Of godlessnes s:
$ and fashion, srd dissipation, distortin
at IheT pody until III lnslr nOuSF0slt!e
at they seem TO Guido the dromedary an
lr hippopotamus Going as far toward 0i!
ct srsceful apparel IS they dare go, Sc 6
1n not to be arrested OF the pclice-the
behavior q sorrow to the good and
csricature of t2e vicious, and an insu
q to that God who made them women 81
III not Gorgeous; and tramping on, dow
he through frivolous and dissipated life, /
b. temporal and eternal damnation.
IN o woman, with the lightning Of you
e. soul, strike dead at your feet sll thes
ey allUrements to dissipation and to fashion
n Your immortal soul cannot be fed upO
0. such garbage. God calls you up to en-
be pire and dominion. viii you have Il
It's 0, give to God your heart; give to Go
1t your best energies; give TO GCd
Dg ALL YOUR CULTURE;
I'd give 10 God sill your refinement; Sly
be yourself 10 Him, for this world and Il
ds next. Soon ell these bright eyes will
w quenched, and these voices will
IT, hushed. For the last time you Will loo
fl upon this fair earth. Fathers han
eir mothers hand, sisters hand, child
ca hand will be no more in yours. 1t W
IN be night, and there will come up CO